Bangladesh

US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter will travel to Islamabad, Karachi, and Dhaka September 25 – October 2. The Assistant Secretary will meet with embassy and consulate staff and observe consular operations, said the US Department of State on Monday. She will meet with host government officials to discuss consular issues. “Her trip underscores our deep and ...

Top five percent contractors account for 26% market share of government procurement, according to a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) study unveiled today. Although the implementation of online-based government procurement (e-GP) in Bangladesh is almost a decade old, it has not been able to create an environment of fair competition, but the three-way nexus of government departments, political influential groups and ...

The Election Commission (EC) is going to allow the use of motorcycles by journalists with terms and conditions during elections by revising the policy. EC Public Relations director Md Shariful Alam said journalists will be allowed to use motorcycles subject to conditions. The policy may be issued on Tuesday. There will be no obstacle for journalists to use motorcycles to ...

The Human Rights organisation Odhikar’s secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and director A S M Nasiruddin Elan on Monday filed an appeal and a bail petition with the High Court against the sentence in a case filed in 2013. Md Ahsanuzzaman Fahim, lawyer of Adilur and Nasir, confirmed the matter. A cyber tribunal in Dhaka sentenced two years of jail to ...

US Bangladeshi religious minority leaders met with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen in New York on Sunday. They discussed issues related to religious minorities in Bangladesh. The leaders requested the foreign minister’s assistance in facilitating the passage of a Hate Crime Act, according to a press release on Monday At the time, the leaders thanked the foreign minister for ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the ruling Awami League government must take the responsibility if anything untoward happens to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia if she is not sent abroad for treatment. Referring to Khaleda Zia’s health condition, the BNP leader said her physicians said it will be difficult to save her life if she is not ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has given a 36-day ultimatum to BNP to give up their conspiracies against democracy. Obaidul Quader, “They issued a 36-hour ultimatum for their leader’s treatment abroad when they couldn’t even protest for Khaleda Zia for 36 minutes. I’m giving them 36 days to get on the right path. We will together thwart BNP’s disruptive ...

Besides the ruling party, opposition parties and law enforcement agencies, the media will also be included in the newly implemented visa restrictions policy, said the United States Ambassador to Dhaka Peter Haas. He said this during an interview with a private television channel on Sunday. Earlier on Friday, the US state department said in a statement that they are going ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today asked the Information Commission, Bangladesh (ICB) to take necessary measures for creating awareness at the grassroots so that the people can know about the proper use and enforcement of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. “Access to information is a basic human right… Besides, the free flow of information expands public welfare and curtails corruption,” the ...

The Election Commission (EC) will organise a workshop titled ‘Free Rights of Voting: Role of Candidates and Polling Agents’ next month with former chief election commissioners and former election commissioners on the role of polling agents in elections. According to EC sources, this workshop will be held at 11 am at the Election Commission building in city’s Agargaon area on ...